As he prepares his side for home clashes against Cowdenbeath in the Championship on Saturday and St Johnstone in the League Cup third round on Tuesday, Neil said: “We went to Kilmarnock in the cup, we’ve been to Raith Rovers, who are doing really well at the moment, and Falkirk, and we’ve managed to beat them all, apart from Dundee – and I thought we deserved to win.

“It shows the character; this team is made of stern stuff, they’ll go away and fight their corner, but they’ve got quality as well.

“Some of the football we played in the first half was excellent and if we continue to play like that we’ll have a good season.

“The boys have been great. I said last week that we weren’t going to Dundee for a draw and I meant it.

“I thought over the piece we were the better side and deserved to win the match. I’ve got absolutely no gripes, I thought the boys were excellent.

“They all put in 100 per cent and tried their best. At times we can still improve in wee areas here and there, maybe with a wee bit of quality in the final third to take the chances that we had, but we’re creating.

“Right from the off we were in Dundee’s faces, playing in their half, and we go into every game to win. We won’t always be able to do that and it might cost us the game at times, but I’m prepared to do that to try and win.

“If the other team plays better than us on the day you’ve got to hold your hands up and say we didn’t play well enough, but with the quality of squad I’ve got and the technical players I’ve got, if they play to their potential there won’t be many games in which that will happen.”

Neil hopes to maintain an impressive home record when Cowdenbeath visit New Douglas Park on Saturday, looking to build on their own win over Falkirk last weekend.

The gaffer (left) said: “We’ve got a great record at home; we’ve beat Queen of the South and Dumbarton, scoring six goals and only conceding one, and I think even at the end of last season our home record was excellent.

“We’ll be confident and we’ll do what we always do, go out and attack and try to win the match.

“If we make as many chances as we did on Saturday I’ll be confident that we’ll put a couple away.”